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Planning Engineer - Main Contractor - 4 Month Contract

United Arab Emirates  |  Contract

Our Regional Civil Contracting client has a new requirement for a well experienced consultant Planning Engineer to join their team in Dubai to work on new build mid rise and commercial projects in the Emirate. Successful candidates will have a proven background as a Planning Engineer on mid-rise civil construction and commercial projects in the UAE and have a proven track record of working in recognised main contractor companies in the UAE previously.


This role is available for immediate joining and is an initial 4 month contract position employed as an outsourced staff through J10 Consulting.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Involved in planning and monitoring of all activities within the Engineering projects programs.
  • Assist in analyzing project specifications and finding cost-effective ways to achieve the deliverables.
  • Prepare the baseline program, schedules, milestones and deliverables as per project management plan.
  • Prepare full projects portfolio plan (80 plus projects) in coordination with project managers and vendors.
  • Analyzing technical drawings and providing durations and milestones and overall project plan accordingly.
  • Prepare look ahead plan for the execution team.
  • Generate and update progress report of the project in a weekly or monthly basis.
  • Able to do critical path analysis at project, program and portfolio levels
  • Prepare forecasted cash flow for projects and portfolio and report on actual Vs Planned spends and progress.
  • Identifying the project program risks and propose mitigation strategies.
  • Monitor the cash flow and tracking schedule of the project.
  • Prepare forecasts resulting from significant deviations from scheduled baselines.
  • Tracking and analyzing field results based on the planned progress and actual progress.
  • Determined and develop the most suitable methods for the projects.
  • Involve throughout the development stage of the projects and present at site during construction phase to oversee procedures.
  • Estimate a timescale for the projects and ensure that the outlined deadlines are met.
  • Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills.
  • Analysis and Reporting -Prepare various strategies for all planning activities for projects and portfolio.
  • Ensure accuracy for all operational requirements for projects and achieve all project objectives


Planning Engineer Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or an equivalent degree.
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in construction field with at least 2 with a recognised regional main contracting company.
  • Strong communication skills with all stakeholders external and internal to the project.
  • Planning and project management skills and software including Primavera P6 etc
  • Strong technical knowledge.
  • Strong problem-solving skills 


Interested candidates are invited to share their up to date CV and details directly to jobs@j10consulting.ae for further review and process


Date Posted: 08 Feb 2024

Status: Filled